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Nimodipine - Flush feeling...?

My dad is taking Nimodipine. He was ordered by the docter to take it... life or death kinda thing. Is there anything I can do for him when he feels flush?

Hello, Just seeing what I can do to help my dad out. He was just released from the hospital and they really didn't give much home care advice. - No mental or physical impairment whatsoever - No surgery but prescribed nimodipine - 80 years old - high blood pressure - No aneurysm -

The details of how drugs work in a person's body is sometimes unknown. For example, we know what nimodipine is and what its used for, but its actions are unknown. How is it safe then to actually prescribe a drug, when the course of action in one's body is unknown?

Nimodipine is a calcium channel blocker.

The Patient is a 60+ years old lady who was diagnosed to be suffering from Diabetes during a routine clinical examination at a followup session to her otherwise well controlled Hypertension >30years, she had been on Atenolol and Nifedipine. Currently she is on Atenolol and Nimodipine. A trial at Physiotherapy, simple analgesics excersize has not helped much. Her major complains now burn like pain in the feet with greater concentration at the heels. She is on oral hypoglycaemics plus diet modification her blood sugar levels are good bet 4-7mMol/L

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